Most people have optimal experiences while doing what they love most, when time seems to slow or even stand still, and the right decisions come easily. During such episodes, everything feels like it is coming together as it should.1 There is a heightened awareness around making the right choices, and the impact those choices will have on others and the environment. It feels good to operate in flow.
How might you consciously choose to live your life in this flow state on a regular basis? And how might organizations facilitate flow experiences for their employees, thereby aligning talents with organizational mission, accelerating innovation, fostering a culture of safety, and by extension, increasing personal, organizational, and communal well-being?
Studies by researchers of flow, such as Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Martin Seligman, and others, show that the more experience and training a person has in a given area or task, the more flow experiences that person...